# FR: make webp optional

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-make-webp-optional/69538>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-make-webp-optional/69538 "2026-09-16T20:27:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Toddler-Boy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/toddler-boy/32/2007_2.png) [@Toddler-Boy](https://forum.juce.com/u/Toddler-Boy)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-make-webp-optional/69538/1 "2026-09-16T20:27:24Z")

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The latest develop added Webp support, which I like. What I don’t like is that it’s mandatory and adds 700kb to my binaries. Similar to audio-formats (flac, ogg, etc.) it should be an opt-in via the usual JUCE module definitions.

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**Author:** ![attila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/attila/32/11206_2.png) [@attila](https://forum.juce.com/u/attila)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-make-webp-optional/69538/2 "2026-09-18T06:06:42Z")

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You can now opt out of using WebP by defining `JUCE_USE_WEBP=0`, similarly to the flac solution.

> <https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/commit/fba913be47f17b1b2ab5b8bdcbd3eda55e70191a>